2purport

verbpur·port\(ˌ)pər-ˈpȯrt\

: to claim to be or do a particular thing when this claim may not be true

Full Definition of PURPORT

transitive verb

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: to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) <a book that purports to be an objective analysis>; also:claim<foreign novels which he purports to have translated — Mary McCarthy>